A Durga Puja in south Calcutta has stitched together stories of harmony that took shape as people — Hindus and Muslims — displaced by the 1946 Calcutta riots found refuge on the road that hosts it. Samaj Sebi Sangha ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphEighteen ghats along the Hooghly have been earmarked for the immersion of the idols between October 2 and 5. The immersion of idols will start on Thursday (Dashami) and end on Sunday.Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials said as many as ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphThe Deshapriya Park puja pandal gates had to be closed temporarily on Ashtami (Tuesday) night as the crowd had surged beyond its capacity and became a cause of concern for police. No one was reported hurt or injured at ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation has requested Durga Puja organisers and power utility CESC to switch off electricity in waterlogged pandals and neighbourhoods in the wake of the forecast of heavy rain in Calcutta on Thursday, mayor Firhad Hakim said ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphA forecast for heavy rain looms over Calcutta on Dashami with a system over the Bay of Bengal turning into a depression on Wednesday and threatening to intensify into a deep depression by Thursday.In Met parlance, heavy rain means ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphA group of people blocked the crossing in front of Jadavpur Police station early on Tuesday demanding release of some motorists booked for drunk driving, police said.The blockade was withdrawn around 4am on Tuesday after a police team intervened.The ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphThe fading world of the circus has inspired one of the popular Durga Pujas of Calcutta this year. The immortal words of the Raj Kapoor-starrer Mera Naam Joker — Jeena yahan marna yahan, Iske siva jaana kahan — ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphA puja that began on a dry note is likely to end with heavy rain, the Met office said.Ashtami was marked by a sharp spell of rain in the afternoon. The Met office has predicted a rise in the ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphUdita Housing Complex, off EM Bypass in Survey Park, has successfully addressed the waterlogging issues that arose following the rainfall on September 23, which left the area submerged and without power for nearly 56 hours. They are now celebrating ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphA residential campus of the Space Application Centre in Ahmedabad transformed into a cultural hub as it hosted a Durga Puja on its grounds.This is not a space-themed puja replicated by organisers in Calcutta, but rather an initiative led ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphAfternoon showers marred pandal-hopping on Ashtami but only for a short while. By late afternoon, long queues were back at puja pandals across the town, with several carrying umbrellas. During the morning hours, long lines of individuals adorned in ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphA woman died allegedly after falling ill at a Durga Puja pandal in south Kolkata's Behala area, police said.The incident took place after the woman, identified as Sangita Rana, a resident of Haridevpur area, visited Nutan Dal puja pandal ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphThe Santosh Mitra Square puja, led by BJP leader Sajal Ghosh, remained a key focus for Kolkata Police on Saptami due to a surge in visitors headed to the pandal, themed on Operation Sindoor.Ghosh alleged that police were creating ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphA slice of Calcutta’s Raj Bhavan has come up in Kandivali East, in the western suburbs of Mumbai. The pandal of the Thakur Village Bengali Association Durga Puja is modelled on the Governor’s House in Calcutta — the former ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphThere is office to attend to, there is school to go to, and amidst all this, there is Durga Puja. A Bengali community in Berlin is juggling work, their children’s schools, and a Puja celebration in the middle of ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphFestive revelry hit the right notes on Saptami, with a clear sky providing the perfect backdrop for pandal hopping. Fearing rain later in the day, thousands took to the streets early Monday morning, determined to make the most of ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphA 55-year-old woman died while mopping the floor near a refrigerator at her rented accommodation in Baghajatin’s Chittaranjan Colony on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Namita Pal, police said. According to the house owner, he was alerted by ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphResidents of three north Calcutta neighbourhoods — Banamali Chatterjee Street, Principal Khudiram Bose Road at Hatibagan, and Kashi Bose Lane near Hedua — showcased remarkable para teamwork, planning, and dedication to pull off their Durga Pujas.Their efforts impressed the ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphLast-minute shoppers thronged markets on Sashthi, and eateries — big and small — remained crowded throughout the day.Sashthi fell on a Sunday this year, fuelling the festive frenzy. Many private company employees, for whom the Puja holidays usually start ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphThe state education department has asked government and aided colleges to independently fill the undergraduate seats that have remained vacant after the centralised counselling conducted by the state-run portal. This year, the undergraduate admission process started after August 22. ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphA tree at Park Circus Maidan that fell on the boundary wall of Lady Brabourne College a day after the deluge of September 23 was transplanted on the college campus on Sunday.Organisers of the Park Circus Sarbojonin Durgotsab Uddipani ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphSashthi began bright and sunny, but the sky soon turned partly cloudy with light rain reported in some areas.According to a Met bulletin issued on Sunday, heavy rain is expected in Calcutta on Dashami (October 2). Showers are likely ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphA bright sky since Sunday morning drew Puja revellers out in large numbers, with pandals across the city teeming with visitors from early afternoon. As evening descended, the crowds only thickened, with many choosing to make the most of ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphA call against poisonous chemicals in food, a warning about technology’s grip on humanity, and a stand against superstition and blind faith — three pujas carrying these potent messages were honoured as Model Pujas on Sunday by judges from ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphA day after the organisers of a Durga puja in Kolkata, inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, charged the police with trying to stop their light-and-sound show on Operation Sindoor, senior officers on Sunday inspected the pandal and ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphThe Santosh Mitra Square and Mohammad Ali Park Durga Puja found themselves locked in a row with the police on Panchami night. BJP leader and puja organiser Sajal Ghosh of the Santosh Mitra Square puja alleged that Kolkata Police ...
29 September 2025 TelegraphA north Calcutta lane opens into a playground transformed — not just into a pandal, but into a portal to the enchanted world of Leela Majumdar. In this dreamlike space, visitors are transported to their childhoods, immersed once more ...
29 September 2025 TelegraphThe city is decked out in Puja colours. Thousands are already out on the streets, throwing down the gauntlet at the possibility of rain, just days after a deluge had derailed everyday life.The real festival begins with Sashthi on ...
29 September 2025 TelegraphDraining out water from the streets was not the only challenge the Kolkata Municipal Corporation faced after the deluge of September 23.An equally daunting mission was to remove the tonnes of plastic waste from the drainage lines and pumping ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphAround 6 in the evening, the usually short drive through Loudon Street took almost 30 minutes, a distance of about a kilometre or less.This is one Calcutta’s most significant neighbourhoods for police. The city commissioner resides at one end, ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphThe theme of a Durga Puja in Behala revolves around the genocide unfolding in Gaza and the famine that has been deliberately created by systematically restricting access to food — highlighting one of the most significant humanitarian crises of ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphA complaint has been submitted to the police by Jadavpur University, stemming from a report by a university guard who stated that he was assaulted while attempting to prevent some students from consuming alcohol on campus late on Thursday.The ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphA 66-year-old woman was electrocuted on Saturday morning while trying to open the iron gates of her shop in waterlogged Sarsuna, on the southwestern fringes of the city.Around 7.30am, Srabanti Devi arrived at her grocery store on Talpukur Road ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphOne more person was electrocuted on the flooded streets of Kolkata on Saturday, taking the toll since the deluge to 12, officials said.Sumanti Devi, 63, died after coming in contact with live wires on the waterlogged road outside her ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphIndividuals with rare diseases and their parents visited some pandals in the city on Friday to assess their accessibility, ability to manage the crowd if an individual with a rare disease falls ill and attempt to create both awareness ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphThe state primary education board announced on Friday that it will appoint 13,421 teachers in government-aided primary schools (Classes I to V).The announcement came a day after the board published the results of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) held ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphTalin Moitra, a Class VI student of South Point High School, is an avid pandal hopper. Every Durga Puja, he makes a wishlist but “ends up pandal hopping only one day.”This year will be different for him, as he ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe Chaturthi crowd hit the streets early on Friday afternoon causing huge traffic snarls across the city.The additional deployment of forces from Kolkata Police began in the afternoon from 4pm onwards.Hours before that pandal hoppers started pouring in at ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphIn 2025, Goddess Durga will be on the “cloud”.Tradition will ride on technology, and AI will power the Puja on the IIHM Global Campus in Salt Lake. In the fourth edition, IIHM is using AI and sustainability to “enrich, ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe high court ordered on Friday that the Jadavpur University hostels must remain closed till the end of the Durga Puja vacation.A division bench of Justice Sujoy Pal and Justice Smita Das De asked police to ensure no hostel ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphA suicide bid at Jatin Das Park station disrupted Metro services on the Blue Line for over an hour during the pre-Puja rush on Friday.A 26-year-old man jumped in front of a Tollygunge-bound train at Jatin Das Park station ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court on Friday deferred to October 6 the hearing on the ongoing row over the appointment of vice-chancellors to state universities in Bengal, amid a continuing deadlock between chief minister Mamata Banerjee and governor C.V. Ananda Bose, ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphA fundraising drive has been initiated to help the booksellers of College Street, who have lost their livelihood and resources to the floods.An initiative — the College Street Relief Fund — has been undertaken by the Kolkata Creative Publishers’ ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Friday granted bail to former education minister Partha Chatterjee in a case of alleged irregularities in appointments to state-aided schools, being investigated by the CBI.Chatterjee has been in custody for over three years since his ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphWater up to the floor of the car.Water just above the seats.Water above the steering wheel.Many workshops in Calcutta and insurance officials are assessing the claims for cars damaged in Tuesday’s deluge broadly on the basis of these three ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe countdown to Durga Puja has begun, and so has the search for celebrations that go beyond dazzling lights and grand artistry.CESC The Telegraph True Spirit Puja 2025, powered by The Bhawanipur Education Society College, and with Charnock Lohia ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphAfter two days of bright sunshine, Durga Puja celebrations are back on track at housing complexes across the city, though organisers remain anxious about more rain in the forecast.Several pujas were inaugurated on Friday, with others set to open ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphA depression lurking on the northwest Bay of Bengal is expected to make landfall somewhere between south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.The Calcutta forecast for Panchami (Saturday) predicts a generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain.The ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe skies are set to stay moody this Durga Puja. Heavy showers are on the cards for parts of south Bengal, with Kolkata too bracing for a wet spell. Starting Panchami, multiple bouts of moderate to heavy rain are ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday joined Durga Puja festivities in Kolkata, inaugurating the Santosh Mitra Square Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samity’s pandal, which this year showcased the theme of ‘Operation Sindoor’.Shah, who arrived in the city on Thursday night ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphYear: 4thBudget: Rs 2 croreThe look: Artist Rintu Das has made an offering of shiuli flowers. A flower lies on its side, through which visitors walk in. The middle chamber is encircled by a grassy inundating lawn dotted by ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphA surprise venue for puja this year is the IIT Kharagpur Research Park in New Town, and true to tradition, the theme is startups and innovation.Located near Uniworld City, the pandal is decorated with live plants, birds and fish ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphA fire broke out in a temporary structure on the roof of a four-storeyed building on Prince Anwar Shah Road on Thursday afternoon.The building is situated near the Lake Gardens bridge. It houses a mass communication and film studies ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphPrices of several vegetables and fish have spiralled over the past two days, as trucks carrying supplies remain stranded because of waterlogged roads in Calcutta.Wholesalers and retailers said that while trucks carrying goods from other states were unable to ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe Taj brand now offers a picturesque riverine weekend getaway barely 60km from the heart of Calcutta.On Thursday, the Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) announced the opening of Taj Ganga Kutir Resort and Spa in Raichak, South 24-Parganas.The Tatas, who ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphA three-day bird expedition in the Sundarbans at the start of this year has recorded 153 species and 31,927 birds. The sightings also included non-migratory birds. Among the total number of species recorded, 13 are threatened. The mangrove delta ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe city’s most feted wildlife photographer wore waders to navigate his way through a riverine Ballygunge on Tuesday, just hours after the night of calamitous rain.Dhritiman Mukherjee, an award-winning nature photographer and conservationist, wore the waterproof gear to reach ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThree upscale housing complexes stand next to each other along EM Bypass — Udita Housing Complex, Hiland Park, and Calcutta Greens. All three were flooded by torrential rain on September 23, but only Udita remained submerged until Thursday afternoon.Water ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe chances of heavy rain in Calcutta on Panchami, Saturday, are slim, said a Met official.A weather system over the east-central Bay of Bengal is intensifying as expected and is forecast to reach the northwest Bay near the Odisha-Andhra ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Thursday suo motu sought a report from power utility CESC regarding the electrocution deaths in the city following heavy rain early on Tuesday morning.The division bench, comprising acting Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Apurba ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphBasement car parks were always the most sought after and expensive. Those same basement car parks now resemble graveyards with thousands of vehicles lying dead.Most of them cannot be moved at all, and insurance companies say it is better ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphA fire broke out at the Chetla Agrani Durga Puja pandal in south Kolkata on Thursday evening. Five fire engines arrived at the scene soon after the blaze was reported and managed to bring the situation under control. The ...
26 September 2025 TelegraphA fire broke out at a guesthouse on the top floor of a four-storey building in south Kolkata on Thursday afternoon, police said.There was no immediate report of any loss of life, a senior officer said.Three fire tenders were ...
26 September 2025 TelegraphCESC said on Wednesday that power supply has been restored in almost all the affected neighbourhoods across the city, except a housing society along EM Bypass The power utility officials said that they were unable to restore the supply ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphRows after rows of books were spread out on the footpaths of College Street or atop cars parked along the kerb, soaked soft in the floodwaters. The book sellers were making a desperate attempt to sun and dry the ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphA cyclonic circulation that developed over coastal Myanmar on Wednesday will determine the Puja weather in Calcutta.Moving east to west, the system is expected to intensify into a depression and reach India’s east coast, over 1,000km away, by Chaturthi ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphA Calcutta High Court bench on Wednesday set aside the state health department's decision to send junior doctor Aniket Mahata to a Raiganj hospital.Mahata had chosen RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta during his counselling. Justice Biswasjit ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphThe state primary education board published the results of a Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) held in December 2023 to shortlist candidates for primary school teacher jobs on Wednesday. Of the 2,73,147 candidates who wrote the test a ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphThe sun shone brightly on Wednesday, but some of Calcutta’s biggest Durga Pujas were still struggling to recover from the scars left by Tuesday morning’s torrential rain. With only 48 hours remaining until Panchami, organisers described the restoration of ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphRoad after road in the city remained waterlogged even on Wednesday evening, and residents of some of these neighbourhoods complained they had been living without power for more than 36 hours. By the end of the day, power utility ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphThe surge in insurance claims following Tuesday’s deluge in Calcutta has prompted at least one insurer to relax procedures for vehicle owners.“We have decided to waive several pre-claim processes for motor damage insurance in Calcutta because of the calamity,” ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphA day after calamitous rain, many parts of Calcutta were still struggling with its aftermath. In waterlogged neighbourhoods, several residents were forced to abandon their homes, many without electricity, water, or mobile connectivity.From Survey Park to Ballygunge and New ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphCar repair workshops across Calcutta saw a sharp surge in requests on Wednesday, with vehicle owners demanding urgent service after their cars were damaged by Tuesday’s torrential rain. Workshop heads said they were struggling to accommodate the influx of ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphA moving Bay system triggered in five hours the heaviest rain Kolkata has received in 40 years, killing at least 9 people, all of them electrocutions, and knocking the wind out of the sails of a city gearing up ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those who lost their lives due to heavy rain in the state.At least 10 people died in ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphCongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday expressed solidarity with the people of West Bengal after torrential rains and flooding battered Kolkata and adjoining districts, leaving at least 10 people dead and large parts of the city waterlogged. He urged ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphKolkata struggled to return to normalcy on Wednesday as several areas, particularly Salt Lake and pockets of north and central part of the city, remained waterlogged, a day after torrential rain left 10 people dead and threw life out ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphKolkata Metro will run special services along four corridors during Durga Puja, it said in a statement.The special services will begin on Panchami, which falls on September 27.Also, night-long services will be run on Saptami, Ashtami and Navami (September ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphThe rain could not have come at a worse time for Kumartuli artisans. With two days to Chaturthi, by when most pujas across the city would be inaugurated, the overnight rain damaged rows of idols awaiting delivery.The ferocity of ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphOver a dozen shelves stuffed with books were underwater around 2pm on Tuesday. Five men were using buckets to drain the water out. This was one publisher, Abhijan. College Street, Calcutta’s beloved Boi Para, is dotted with many such ...
25 September 2025 TelegraphA large number of families in the city faced a tough situation on Tuesday after their domestic workers failed to turn up because of the cancellation of local trains and waterlogged streets. In the city, there exists a substantial ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced early Puja holidays in all government and aided schools and colleges in Bengal, urging private institutions to follow suit, citing concerns over the severe rainfall and its possible impact over the coming ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphIn a city struggling to cope with a deluge, two fires broke out within 200 metres of each other at Ballygunge Place.A grocery store at Mandeville Gardens was gutted on Tuesday morning, along with a stockbroker’s office located at ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphA significant number of surgeries were called off, only a handful of patients visited outpatient departments, and an even smaller number chose to be discharged or admitted to hospitals.Most hospitals, both private and government, had several wings flooded. Machines ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphThe city’s transportation system was severely affected on Tuesday following overnight rain. App cabs were hard to find, suburban and Metro trains were cancelled because tracks were flooded, and only a few private and state-run buses were running. Commuters ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphNine people died of electrocution and one was injured on Tuesday.The victims included a 34-year-old man, Indrajit Burman, who was electrocuted near Garia after touching an iron gate, and a hotel security guard at Minto Park who died while ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphTuesday’s deluge triggered anxiety across the city, disrupting life just days before Puja. But hope refused to fade.With Panchami falling on Saturday, Durga Puja is knocking at the door. Torrential rain flooded streets, submerged grounds, and stalled last-minute preparations. ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphThe rain submerged hundreds of cars, as well as water pumps and tanks. Nine deaths and exposed power lines triggered panic across neighbourhoods. Residents were left wondering whether it was safe to use electrical appliances or drink tap water ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphA month’s worth of rain poured down in just four hours on Tuesday, combined with a high tide in the Hooghly during the heaviest rainfall period, resulting in widespread waterlogging across the city.Officials and engineers from the Kolkata Municipal ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphNearly 100 flights were cancelled and 95 delayed at the Calcutta airport on Tuesday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded as torrential rain battered the city from midnight.According to airport officials, 42 arriving flights and 49 departures were cancelled, while ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphA moving Bay system triggered in five hours the heaviest rain Calcutta has received in 40 years, killing at least nine and knocking the wind out of the sails of a city gearing up for its biggest festival. Between ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphThe Calcutta Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) on Tuesday issued a statement explaining that power supply to several parts of Kolkata had been deliberately switched off as a matter of “abundant caution” due to extreme waterlogging following the incessant rainfall ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphA fire broke out at a restaurant in south Kolkata's Ballygunge area on Tuesday, officials said.The blaze was spotted around 3.30 pm at the Chinese restaurant, and five fire engines brought it under control in 30 minutes, they said.There ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphHeavy torrential rain in Kolkata on Tuesday severely disrupted air travel, leading to the cancellation of at least 30 flights and significant delays in several others, officials said.The relentless downpour caused massive flooding across the city, leaving thousands of ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphWith large parts of Kolkata thoroughly inundated, public life brought to its knees and at least seven people electrocuted in the wake of widespread and torrential overnight downpour, a political slugfest broke out on social media between the BJP, ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphJadavpur University will conduct an independent counselling from October 13 to 15 to fill over 150 BTech seats that have remained vacant after the centralised counselling carried out by the state Joint Entrance Examinations Board.The decision was taken at ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphThe city police launched the Puja Bandhu App on Monday, which will enable users to have a virtual tour of prominent Durga Puja pandals in the city on their mobile phones and get all emergency information related to Bengal’s ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphPolice probing the shooting in a gym on Deshapran Sashmal Road have yet to locate the attackers who came looking for the gym’s owner and opened fire in the reception area on Sunday afternoon.They fled on two bikes, waiting ...
24 September 2025 TelegraphJadavpur University will conduct an independent counselling from October 12 to 14 to fill over 150 BTech seats that have remained vacant after the centralised counselling carried out by the state Joint Entrance Examinations Board.The decision was taken at ...
23 September 2025 TelegraphHeavy overnight rainfall paralysed Kolkata and its adjoining areas on Tuesday, leaving seven people dead from electrocution and large parts of the city under water.The deaths were reported from Beniapukur, Behala, Haridevpur, Ballygunge, Mominpore, Netajinagar, and Garfa, according to ...
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